The two featured fighters participating in Saturday’s “UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II” extravaganza will be hitting the podium today inside Lagasse’s Stadium at Palazzo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Stream Tuesday’s pre-fight press conference live right here on 5thRound.com starting at 2PM ET/11AM PT. Today’s festivities are free and open to the public.

UFC president Dana White (Pictured), middleweight king Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen will attend the presser.

A second media gathering will be held Thursday featuring Tito Ortiz, Forrest Griffin, Cung Le and Patrick Cote. UFC commentator Jon Anik will host.

“The Spider” defends his throne against Sonnen in Saturday night’s main attraction.

Please click the media player below to watch the press conference:

Here is the official roster for UFC 148:

Preliminary Card:

(Facebook 7:25PM ET/4:25PM PT)

Yoislandy Izquierdo vs. Rafaello Oliveira

(FX 8PM ET/5PM PT)

Shane Roller vs. John Alessio

Riki Fukuda vs. Constantinos Philippou

Melvin Guillard vs. Fabricio Camoes

Gleison Tibau vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov

Main Card:

(Pay-Per-View 10PM ET/7PM PT)

Ivan Menjivar vs. Mike Easton

Chad Mendes vs. Cody McKenzie

Demian Maia vs. Dong Hyun Kim

Cung Le vs. Patrick Cote

Tito Ortiz vs. Forrest Griffin

Chael Sonnen vs. Anderson Silva (UFC middleweight champion)